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FREDRICK I. ROSBACK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HENRYF. BAND, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 467,836, dated January26, 1892. Application filed July 24, 1891. Serial No. 400,573. (Nomodel.) Patented in England August 4, 1891, No. 13,200.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDRICK P. ROSBACK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Fences, (for which Ihave filed an application for a patent in Great Britain dated August 4,1891, No. 13,200,) of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to fences involving tubular sheet-metal posts andrails composed of wires or boards or both, as may be desired.

The more prominent objects of my invention are to provide a simple,economical, and durable construction of fence which can be easily andrapidly formed along railroads, farms, and the like; to provide simpleand effective devices for holding board and wire rails; to utilize saidholding devices as means for securing along the seam a sheet of metalrolled to form a post, and to provide certain novel and improveddetails, all as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents in elevation a portionof a fence embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a blank from whichthe fence-post can be formed. Fig. 3 illustrates one of the posts. Fig.4 represents one of the wire-holders. Fig. 5 shows in perspective one ofthe boardholders with its two sections apart. Fig. 6 is a section takentransversely through the post and shows in plan one of the board-holdersand the end portions of a couple of boardrails held by the same. Fig. 7is a longitudinal central section through a portion of the post andillustrates the application of one of the wire-holders and a wire. Fig.8 shows a section taken transversely through the post and illustrates inplan a board-holding device extended through the post and secured to acouple of board rails at acorner of the fence. Fig. 9 represents inelevation aportion of the post and a wire-holder applied thereto andprovided with shoulders in addition to its notches.

The construction of fence illustrated in Fig. 1 involves a series oftubular sheet-metal posts A, provided with wire-holders B andboard-holder devices C. The wires D may be single or double and may bebarbed, if so desired. The boards Eare arranged to provide rails betweenthe same. This arrangement may, however, be variedas, for example, thefence may for certain purposes comprise any desired number andarrangement of board rails, Without the wire rails, or any desirednumber and arrangement of wire rails with out the board rails, or anydesired number and arrangement of board rails and wire rails.-

I prefer, however, to construct the fence with both wire and boardrails, for the reason that, while the use of wires involves economy andvarious other known advantages, the provision of one or more board railspermits the fence to be readily seen by cattle, and hence practicallychecks them from running into the fence and injuring both fence andthemselves.

The wire-holders B are formed by plates or bars which have their endsadapted to receive and hold the wires. These wire-holders may be said toform keys, which are thrust through slots in the post and made of suchlength that when thrust through the post to a proper extent their endsshall extend from opposite sides of the post, so as to receive and holdthe wires.

Each wire-holder B is provided with a couple of wire-receiving notchesb, one at each end of the holder, it being observed that the length ofthe wire-holder and the distance between its notches are so proportionedrelatively to the diameter of the post that when the holder is inposition for receiving the wire its notches will be comparatively closeto the post in place of being set out at some distance from the same, asin United States Letters Patent No. 66,321, to Gore, July 2, 1867,wherein the eyes or loops formed at the ends of wires which extendthrough the post are set out at a considerable distance from the same.The fence-wires engage in the notches of their respectively allottedholders and are so carried about the holders and the posts as tosecurely tie the holders to the posts without either knotting the wiresor using supplemental tie-wires. The mode of thus applying the fence orline wires is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 7, wherein it is seen that eachwire is made to take a half-turn about one end portion of its allottedholder at one side of the fence-post and engage in the notch b at saidend of the holder and then carried round the fence-post to the oppositeside thereof and there made to take a half-turn about the otherprojecting end portion of the holder and engage in its allotted notch.By such arrangement a wire of any length can be readily applied, andwhen so applied will securely tie the holder to the post. The post,therefore, can be provided with oppositelyarranged slots, and thewire-holder in a completed condition can be simply thrust through theslots, and then, without bending or applying any sort of fasteningdevices to the holdersuch as rivets or extra wiresit can be securelyfastened in place by the wire rail, which as it is unrolled from a coilor reel can be easily bent so as to take the hereinbeforedescribedhalf-turns or half-hitches about the projecting ends of the holders.

As a further advantage and matter of improvement involved in theforegoing the wireholders and rail-wires serves as means for fastening arolled sheet-metal post along the seam,and thereby enable me to dispensewith rivets for such a purpose and to provide an exceedingly simple formof wire-holder,which, in conjunction with the rail-wire, serves tofasten the post. While, therefore, the wireholders B can be applied to atubular sheetmetal post fastened, if desired, in any suitable way alongthe scam, I prefer'to provide a post formedby rolling a sheet-metalblanksuch, for example, as the blank A in Fig. 2 into tubular form, withitslongitudinal edge portions arranged to overlap one another, as hereinillustrated. Theslots d for'the'wire' holders B can be so formed throughthe blank that when the latter is rolled into tubular form the slotsalong its longitudinal edge portions will register, as in Fig. 7,wherein a couple of registering slots formed through the overlappingedge portions of the tubular sheet are diametrically opposite a slotpreviously formed along the longitudinal middle of the blank, as in Fig.2.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 7, it will be seen that the rail-wire engagesin notches b of its holder at points adjacent to the post and that thetwo notches of the holder are respectively at opposite sides of thesame, in which way the wire passes from one to the other end of theholder in a direction diagonally to the length of the post; also, thatthe portions of the wire which are carried over and under the unnotchedsides of the holder abut and bind against the post, so that by exertinga proper tension upon the wire in carrying it from one side to the otherside of the post it will in effect provide a pair of connected shouldersor abutments respectively held against opposite sides of the post andserving, therefore, to secure the same along the seam, it being observedthat the portion of the post below the ground-line need not be securedalong the seam for purposes set forth in my application, Serial No. 378,114., for Letters Patent of the United States.

As a matter of further improvement, I provide each wire-holder. B with ashoulder I), which serves to so widen the holder adjacent to one endthereof that it cannot be thrust one way entirely through the slots inthe post. A portion of the rail-wire lies between the said shoulder band the post, as in Figs. 1 and 2, in which way additional security andstability are afforded and a still more reliable connection between thewire and its holder provided. I may also notch the holder, so as toprovide it with another shoulder b so that a portion of the rail-wirecan lie between said shoulder and the post, and as a matter of furtherimprovement 'I arrange the shoulders oblique to the post, as in Fig. 9,so that different sizes of wire rails comprising one or more strands maywedge between the post and the said oblique shoulders.

The board-holders C each comprise a couple of sections 0, which arerespectively thrust through slots in the post from opposite sides of thelatter. Each of said sections comprises an oblong plate or bar, whichwhen thrust through the post will project from opposite sides of thesame, so that the ends of the rail-boards E can be secured to its saidends. The ends of the boards are held between and secured to the endportions of said sections by rivets, bolts, screws, or the like, and asa means for providing stronger and more durable connections between theboards and their respectively-allotted holders I provide each sectionwith a laterallyarranged end extension, which is bent so as to provideit'wi'th' a horizontally-arranged portion 0, which fits against one ofthe longitudinal edges of the boards, and a verticallyarranged portion 0which lies alongside of the board and which is secured to an adjacentend of the other section of the holder. The portions c and c of theseholders for the boards afford, therefore, enlarged bearing and securingsurfaces and permit the use of a suitable number of bolts or the like.Said arrangement also adds to the strength and durability of the fence.The slots a for these board-holding devices can be formed through theblank and arranged substantially as in Fig. 2, so that when the blank isrolled into tubular form some of the slots will be through theoverlapping portions of the rolled blank or sheet, as in Fig. 6. As amatter of course the ends of the boards could be set close up to thepost, and thereby provide shoulders or abutment-s rigidly connectedtogether and ar ranged at opposite sides of the post, and in such waythe holders would be secured in pose last mentioned. I prefer, however,to

provide each section 0 of the holder with a shoulder 0 arranged adjacentto its end, so that when the section is thrust through the post to aproper extent its said shoulder shall abut against the post. When,therefore, the

two sections are applied with their respective shoulders abuttingagainst opposite sides of the post, respectively, and said sections aretied together by fastening-bolts or the like, the board-holders will beheld against end movement independently of the post and the overlappingedges of the post will be securely held together.

here a corner is to be made in the fence, the sections 0 can be formedand applied as in Fig. 8, it being obvious that a duplicate of thesection therein shown and applied to one side of each board can beapplied to the opposite side of the board.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is- 1. The combination, with a tubularsheetmetal post, of a Wire-holder forming a key, which is arranged toextend through slots in the post and project from opposite sides of thesame, and a line or rail Wire arranged to' take half-turns both aboutthe projecting ends of the holder and about the post, substantially asset forth.

2. The combination of a tubular rolled sheet'metal post having the edgesof the blank from which it is formed arranged to overlap one anotheralong the seam and provided with oppositelyarranged openings, which atone side of the post are formed through its said overlapping portions, awire-holder formin g a key,which is arranged to extend through saidslots and project from opposite sides of the post, and a rail-Wirearranged to engage the ends of said holder and pass about the post, soas to tie the holder in place and also secure together the saidoverlapping edge portions of the post, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of a tubular sheet-metal post having the longitudinaledges of the blank from which it is formed arranged to overlap along theseam, a Wire-holder B, consisting of a plate or bar notched at its endsand inserted through slots a. in the post, and a railwire D, engaging inthe notches of said holder and arranged to take half-turns both aboutthe holder and about the post, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with a tubular sheetmetal post, of a holder B,extended through the post and provided with a shoulder 12, and arail-wire arranged to takehalf-turns about said holder and pass betweenits shoulder and the post, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with a tubular sheetmetal post, of a holder 13,extended through the post and provided with shoulders I) and b and arail-wire applied and arranged to pass between said shoulders and thepost, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination, with a tubular sheetmetal post, of aboard-holdingdevice extended through slots in the post and projecting from oppositesides of the same, and a couple of board rails secured to the projectingends of said holder, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination, with a tubular sheetmetal post having thelongitudinal edges of the blank from which it is formed arranged tooverlap one another, board-holding devices extended through slots in thepost, board rails secured to said holders, and shoulders formed asherein set forth and arranged to hold the post along the seam.

8. The combination, with a tubular sheetmetal post, of a board-railholder comprising two sections 0, provided with shoulders and arrangedto extend through the post, so that their allotted shoulders shall abutagainst the post respectively at opposite sides of the same, and boardrails secured to said holders, substantially as set forth.

9. The combination, with a tubular sheetmetal post, of asectionalboard-holder 0, comprising the bar 0, extended through the postand having lateral extension 0, and board rails held by said holders,substantially as Set forth.

10. The combination, with a tubular sheetmetal post, of asectionalboard-rail holder C, comprising the bars 0, having lateral extensions cand c and board rails held by said holders, substantially as described.

FREDRICK P. ROSBACK.

Witnesses:

CHAS. G. PAGE, LIZZIE VAN VnLson.

